We often point to the internet, its methodology, tools and technology as exemplars of direct value handling and its amazing benefits.
One often sees references on social media to the existence of Tartaria, the history of which appears to have been suppressed through academia. That is not the subject of this article but is obviously worth exploring for ideas as to how implement DACSO (distributed, autonomous, codependent self-organisation) in different circumstances and environments.
While Guilds were hierarchical institutions, they produced many beautiful buildings and structures based on rewards for contributions in the form of status within the community and beyond. Money never entered the equation; when it did, in the 1860s, it destroyed the foundations of an ecosystem that sustained large numbers of geographically dispersed individuals and communities.
Also available on Odysee: https://odysee.com/@Outersite.org:7/TartarianSystemThatThreatenedBanking-AndWhyItWasDestroyed:1
What is not referred to in this story is those who, for various reasons, made no contribution to what the Guilds created and maintained. Presumably, many outside the Guilds we’re victims of land clearances and enclosures, with no choice other than to enslave themselves to the extractive, industrial revolution in which individual attributes became invisible. Denied access to the means to sustain themselves, those outside the Guilds had little option but to submit to the abusive, extractive and destructive money economy. Those with no capacity to participate in “production and supply” were reliant on charity, crime or perished.
During our work on money and value, some years ago, we realised something fundamental: Value has two components: Need and Capacity. No value exists without these two essential elements. Orthodox economics reduces this duality to supply and demand but fails to reward need, only capacity. While within the Guilds the needs of participants and their families were fulfilled, the level of provision was rationed according to Guild status.
Thus Need must be rewarded in the emerging organisational paradigm, if we are all to thrive.
We know that a world without money is not only possible but is becoming increasingly visible.